Eileen Goodwin

Some synthetic drug users will find other ways of getting high once synthetic drugs are banned, a Dunedin legal-high seller says.

One cochlear implant made life less frustrating for Dunedin boy Linkin Soal, and now his parents are fundraising for a second.

Cardiologists at the Southern District Health Board are required to cover a service for which they are not qualified, the senior doctors' union says.

The cause of water leaks with no obvious source has to be found before Dunedin Hospital's surgical theatre suite can be fixed so it can operate smoothly in all weathers.

She might have just turned 100, but Sr Marie Fitzpatrick still helps other residents and staff at Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home, in Dunedin.

An external review into care received by an Invercargill woman who critically injured a baby has cleared Southland Hospital, Fairfax has reported.

The Taieri Bowling Club has shared the proceeds of its cabaret fundraiser this month with a cause close to many people's hearts, club member and event organiser Doreen Henderson says.

Coming third in a reality TV race brought them closer, while improving their cooking skills, Dunedin couple Melissa and James Steiner say.

An upgrade of day-stay surgery at Dunedin Hospital is likely to depend on whether funding can be found to refurbish areas of the hospital, Resident Doctors' Association national secretary Deborah Powell says.

Western academia's fascination with Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands says more about academia than about the remote outposts on which its gaze was fixed, visiting researcher Adrian Young says.

When she moved to North Taieri more than a decade ago, Lyn Robins had time on her hands.

Climate change could be altering traditional flu patterns, a University of Otago influenza authority says.

Millions of dollars spent hoarding Tamiflu are probably a waste of money that could fund other health services, University of Otago biostatistician Prof Peter Herbison says.

The man who could be kingmaker at this year's general election says he is closer to Labour on economics, but disagrees with the party on social reform.

New research showing antiviral drug Tamiflu shortens the symptoms of flu by just 12 hours is raising questions about the billions of dollars spent by countries to stockpile it.